First Place Prize: $100
Judge: Luke Johnson

About the Judge:

 

Luke Johnson is the author of Quiver (Texas Review Press, 2023), A Slow Indwelling (Harbor Editions, 2024) and Distributary, forthcoming from Texas Review Press in the fall of 2025. Quiver was long listed for the 2025 Kate Tufts Award and a finalist for the 2024 California Book Award. Johnson was recently awarded runner up for the Robert Frost Residency through Dartmouth College. You can find more of his work at Poetry Daily, Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner and elsewhere. 

Guidelines:

• Must be currently registered to enter
• Send via email to the English Department at english@calpoly.edu; write “Academy of American Poets contest” in the subject line
• Submit up to three poems • Include all poems in a single PDF; name the file with your last name only
• Do NOT include any identifying information in the file (contest will be judged blind)
• Deadline: Thursday, May 22, at 5:00pm